Historical Events For July - 23

1959  VP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR on July - 23.  

1960  On July - 23 15th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls  

1961  On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open  

1961  Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 on this day in history.  

1964  On July - 23 egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage  

1964  Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1965  Beatles "Help" is released in the UK on this day in history.  

1966  Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens on July - 23.  

1966  Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history donald Novis, singer/actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60  

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1967  On July - 23 43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)  

1967  On this day in history pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons  

1967  On July - 23 race riots claiming 43 erupts in Detroit  

1968  Fred Blasie wins 5th wrestling world championship belt on July - 23.  

1968  PLO's first hijacking of an El Al plane on July - 23.  

1968  On this day in history race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed  

1968  Don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets) on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history deli Floyd, writer, dies  

1971  Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1972  On this day in history eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France  

1972  The first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched on July - 23.  

1973  Ozark AL plane knocked out of the air by lightning, St Louis-36 die on this day in history.  

1973  On July - 23 eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82  

1974  On this day in history greek military dictatorship collapses  

1974  Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1976  On this day in history wings release "Let 'em In"  

1976  Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 64 on July - 23.  

1977  Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges on this day in history.  

1977  On July - 23 rené de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79  

1978  Israeli cabinet rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas on this day in history.  

1979  On July - 23 e Bowell discovers asteroid #2736 Ops  

1979  On this day in history keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31  

1980  On July - 23 billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya  

1980  On July - 23 river of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter  

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0645  On this day in history birth of yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683)  

1301  On July - 23 birth of duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339)  

1339  On July - 23 birth of louis I, Duke of Anjou/King of Naples (Battle at Poitiers)  

1401  On this day in history birth of francesco Sfoza, soldier  

1503  Anna Jagello, Queen of the Romans (d. 1547) was born on July - 23.  

1659  On July - 23 birth of antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer  

1705  On this day in history birth of francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752)  

1734  On July - 23 birth of antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730]  

0945  On this day in history richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies  

1227  Death of Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (b. 1148) on July - 23.  

1373  On July - 23 birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies  

1403  On July - 23 death of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39  

1531  On July - 23 death of louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers  

1568  Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 on this day in history.  

1581  Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies on July - 23.  

1584  Death of John Day, English printer (b. 1522) on this day in history.